Check out the highlights from the fifth day of the trial for Dr. Sohael Raschid.


CHAMBERSBURG - A Chambersburg OB/GYN claimed that half of his patients have come onto him, and that one even asked him to fulfill her "gyno fantasies," according to what could be heard in a recorded phone conversation with the husband of one of the multiple women who accused the doctor of drugging and sexually assaulting them.

Dr. Sohael Raschid faced his fifth day of trial Friday for a case in which he is accused of drugging three women and a teen girl, and sexually assaulting at least two of them.

On Thursday, the jury heard testimony regarding the fourth accuser, who claimed Raschid drugged her in a bar and sexually assaulted her in the back of a car that her husband was driving, during a night out that was planned to help Raschid cope when the first accusations began coming out.

Testimony Friday morning centered on a phone conversation between Raschid and the accuser's husband, who were described as best friends, the next day.

In recorded phone conversations played for the jury, Raschid could be heard claiming that the woman came on to him, grabbing his crotch while she was in the back seat.

Raschid claimed the woman had a "big crush on him" and had told him she loved him.

Still speaking to the woman's husband, Raschid appeared to brush these remarks off, saying "half my patients come on to me," and citing another woman who he claimed once told him "why don't you fulfill my gyno fantasies."

Raschid even claimed patients got physical after admitting feelings before.

"I hear that from a lot of patients, and they grab my crotch and s***," Raschid said in the recording.

The husband played along saying he didn't know who to believe, while in reality he was on his wife's side and working with police.

In the afternoon, the husband defended his decision to work against Raschid, despite considering Raschid his best friend prior to the incident.

Raschid's attorney asked the husband if he jumped to conclusions, implying he wouldn't have done that for his best friend.

"I trust my wife over anybody," the man said, later adding that had this not happened to his wife, he would have been 100% behind Raschid. Instead, he stands 100% behind his wife.

The final testimony of the week came from the friend and bar manager of a bar in West Virginia, where the couple went with Raschid the night of the incident.

The jury saw at least one surveillance video that showed a moment when Raschid could have slipped something into a drink, as well as him holding up the woman "dancing" while she had little control of her limbs.

At one point, the woman can be seen with her arms out, seemingly grabbing for her husband who was walking toward them.

The man also testified that during his time working for the bar industry, he has gotten training and seen people be drugged, helping them when possible.

He said he believed the woman's husband was in control of the situation and getting her home, but he was also certain that in a 40-minute span, she went from sober to barely functional.

The man said that to him, that meant something was done to her.

The trial will continue Monday with testimony from a variety of experts, including medical and lab testimony. The prosecution previously stated they would be done presenting their case by Tuesday, but the trial is scheduled through Friday.

Becky Metrick, 717-262-4762

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